Machine for weaving cross-wires in wire fences



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MACHINE WEAVING GROSS WIRES IN WIRE FENCES. No. 661,965. PatentedJ11nel6, 1896,

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H. CARTER. MACHINE FOR WEAVING oaoss WIRES IN WIRE FENCES. No. 561,966.Patent-ed June 16', 1896.

NITED STATES PATENT Erica.

HERMAN CARTER, OF MOUNT STERLING, OHIO.

MACHINE FOR WEAVIN'G CROSS-'WIRES m WI-RE FENCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561 ,965, dated June16,1896.

Application filed March 9, 1896. Serial No. 582,470. (No'modeL) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Sterling, in the county of Madison and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines forW'eaving Cross-Wires in Wire Fences, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the improvement of machines for weavingcross-wires in wire fences; and the objects of my invention are toprovide a simple, reliable, and inexpensive device of this class bymeans of which the uniting of the cross-wires with the longitudinal wiremaybe accomplished in a neat, rapid, and effective manner, andto'produce improvements in the details of construction and arrangementof parts, which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. Theseobjects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the ac- I companyingdrawings, in which-'- .Figure 1 is a plan View of the machine, showing across-section of the standard and showing the machine in position forforming a connection of the vertical and horizontal wire. Fig. 2 is aninner side View of my machine. Fig. 3 is an outer side view of the same.Fig. at is an enlarged sectional view on line a: a; of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isa detail View in elevation of a portion of the longitudinalwire-supporting standard. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view on line yy of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 is a detail view in perspective of one end ofone of the standard-arms.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 represents the main frame of my improved weaving-machine, which, asindicated in the drawings, is in the form of an oblong bar, said barhaving its outer end bifurcated, as indicated at 2, and having its innerend terminating in a suitable handle, as indicated at 3.

On the outer side of the frame-bar 1 and near the handle terminationthereof is journaled a pinion-wheel at, the teeth of the latter meshingwith the teeth of a gear-wheel 5, which is also journaled on said bar infront of said be used in OOIIJLIHCUOII, 1n the manner herepinion.

In front of the pinion 5 and gearing therewith is journaled agear-wheel6, the latter being provided with a central tubular shaft orhub portion 7, which is journaled in thebar 1, said tubular shaft or hubextending through said bar, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. Through the outer end of this inwardly-extending hub passes apin 8, and on the central portion of said pin within said hub islooselymounted a roller 9. As indicated at 10, the gear-wheel 6 is providedwith a recess which extends through the periphery of said wheel and tothe center thereof, a continuation of said recess being formedthroughout the length of the hub or shaft 7.

The frame-bar 1 is provided on its inner side with upper andloweroutwardly-projecting arms or brackets 12. To the under side of the upperarm 12 is affixed one end of a forwardly-extending and inwardly-curvedsupporting-finger 13. 15 represents a stoprod or catch, which isfulcrumed at 16 on the inner side of theframe-bar 1 in the rear portionthereof, and which has its forward outturned end portion passing throughan opening 17 in the frame-bar 1 at a point opposite the gear-wheel 6.At a point diametrically opposite the recess or slotted opening 10 ofsaid wheel 6 the latter is provided in its rim portion with a socket 19,with which said outturned end of the latch-rod 17 is adapted to engagewhen said socket is opposite the opening 17 of the frame. In order to.insure the dropping of the latch into said socket, I provide a spring20, one end of which is connected with said rod and the remaining end ofwhich is connected with the frame-bar, the tendency of said spring beingto force the forward end of the latch-rod into said wheel-socket.

As indicated at 21, the pinioni is provided with a crank-handle which ismounted on the shaft of said pinion,and by means of which the latter isrotated.

22 represents .a Wire-holding reel, which is journaled betweenbracket-arms 23, which project in the usual manner from the gearwheel 6,this reel being adapted to hold the cross-wire supply.

The device above described is adapted to inafter set forth, with avertical standard 25, said standard being substantially as that shown ata in my former patent, No. 498,459, dated May 30, 1893. As set forth insaid thus supported from and in a position parallel to said standard. Onthis vertical shaft 28 are journaled the outer ends of the framearms 12,the latter being adapted to slide on said shaft.

As set forth in my said former patent, the standard-arms 26 actas-guides for the longitudinal fence-wires which are indicated at 29.One or more of the upper arms 26 are provided on their forward ends withtrans verse recesses or notches 30, the latter being shown more clearlyin Fig. 7 of the drawings.

In utilizing my device the weaver and its framework 1 is adapted to bethe desired height with relation to the standard 25 by so swinging saidweaver on its shaft 28 as to cause its curved finger 13 to rest upon thedesired one of the arms 26, as indicated more clearly in Figs. 1 and 4of the drawings. In this manner the weaver is supported in the positionshown in Fig. 1,that is, in position for forming the connection of thehorizontal and vertical wires, with its frame-bar 1 in position at rightangles with the direction of the arms 26, and with the hollow shaft orhub 7 in line with the arm on which said finger bears.

Assuming that the finger 13 is resting upon that arm 26 which isprovided with the notch 30, and that the longitudinal or lateral wire29, which passes through said arm 26, has been made to enter and passthrough the hollow hub or shaft 7 through the medium of the bifurcation2 and recess 10 of the frame and outer gear-wheel, the end of the wire22, which is carried 011 the reel 22, is made to pass through the hollowhead or shaft 7, after which it is caught in the notch 30 of said arm26. The parts being in this position, it is evident that arotarymovement of the crankhandle 21 will impart through the gearing ofthe wheels 4, 5, and 6 a rotary movement of the latter. As indicated inthe drawings, the wires 29 and 22 are made to pass on opposite sides ofthe roller 9, with the result that when said wheel 6 is rotated one ofsaid wires coils about the other at a point between the hub 7 and arm26. By pressing the handle end of the latch-rod 15 toward the frame-barit is evident that'the desired number of rotations may be imparted tothe wheel 6. In order to insure a stoppage of the wheel 6 in suchposition as to cause the bifurcation 10 and recess 2 to register witheach other, the latchrod may be released and its outturned end allowedto drop into the socket 19 of the wheel 11111.

The parts being in the last-named position and the desired connectionhaving been made in the manner described between the two wires, theweaver, supported by the hand, is turned inward in the directionindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Having beenthus turned inward, the weaver is allowed to slide down the rod 28, whenit is again turned outward to its former operative position, the finger13 being allowed to rest on the next succeeding arm 26. In thisswinging-movement of the weaver it is obvious that a sufficient portionof the Wire 22 is unwound from the reel 22 to not only relieve said wire22 from tension, but to supply a sufficient quantity thereof for use inconnection with the next succeeding longitu dinal wire with which thevertical wire is connected in the manner above described.

In themanner above described it is evident that the vertical wires maybe successively connected with the longitudinal or lateral wires of afence.

The employment of the spring actuated latch-rod 15, adapted to engage,as described, with a socket in the wheel 6, which is diametricallyopposite the wheel-recess 10, provides means for automatically stoppingsaid wheel in a position for the withdrawal of the lateral wiretherefrom.

It will be observed that the construction and operation of my improvedweaving-machine is simple and positive and that the same may be utilizedin a rapid and effective manner.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mechanism for uniting the vertical and horizontal wires of afence the combination of a weaver-body, a wheel 6 journaled thereon, acylindrical shaft in said wheel, a slotted opening and cross-pin in saidshaft as described, a recess in said wheel, a corresponding recess inthe end of said weaverbody and a wire-carrying reel journaled from saidwheel, said weaver-body being rotatively and movably supported adjacentto the line of horizontal fence-wires and means for rotating said wheel,substantially as specified.

2. In a mechanism for uniting the vertical and horizontal Wires of afence, the combination with a weaver-body, a recessed wheel 6 j ournaledthereon, a cylindrical shaft in said wheel having a slotted openingcommunicating with said wheel-recess, a cross-pin in said shaft, arecess in the end of the weaver-frame with which the wheel-recess isadapted to register, of a standard 25, a vertical shaft supported fromand adjacent to said standard, horizontal wire-receiving arms 26 atintervals on said standard, a rotating and sliding connection betweensaid weaver-body and said vertical shaft and a curved finger projectingfrom an arm of said weaver-body and adapted to bear on the desired oneof said arms 26 and means for rotating said wheel 6, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

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3. In a mechanism for uniting the Vertical and horizontal wires of afence, the combination with a standard 25, a series of Wire-receivingarms horizontally secured thereto, and a vertical shaft 28 supported infront of and adjacent to said standard, of a weaverbody, arms 12projecting therefrom and mounted as described on said shaft 28, a finger13 extending from one of said arms 12 and adapted to bear upon one ofsaid arms 26, a rotating tubular shaft mounted in said Weaver-body, across-pin in said shaft and a Wire-carrying reel rotating With saidshaft, substantially as specified.

4. In a mechanism for uniting the horizontal and vertical wires of afence the combination with the body 1, a wheel 6 journaled substantiallyas and for the purpose specified. o

HERMAN CARTER. In presence of- O. 0. SHEPHERD, J. WEsrLEY FISHER.

